GTS Dash Id needed

[Absinth]

if it has the GM-7 1 its genuine as this is the only differences between them..other than whats already been pointed out.

Greg, this fascia on Ebay at the moment is a repro by the looks of it but the owner states in the Q&A's that it has GM 7-1 stamped on the back??? Could it be an early repro that Rares were supplying to Holden?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HOLDEN-GTS-DA...item3cb7681b3f

[ozbox]

or is it a holden genuine that holden were supplying to rares?...rare spares in the earlier days.. 80s 90s.. sold lots of genuine holden stuff..they sold it coz most dummies did not realise it was still available from holden..:knockout:

[HK1837]

I remember when even at Wolfys in Newcastle in the 1990's they had brand new HQ, HJ, HX, HZ grilles of most styles even SL/E.

[Absinth]

Now I need to decide whether to stick it in the van or not. The one in there is genuine with the pins in the RTS badge but I have had to add a black facia plate around the radio as the wholes have been flooged out a bit. But I like the gloss black finish on my one better than the more mat finish on this later type. Decisions, decisions.

Ian, Buy some Novus plastic polish and just polish the new one up to the way you like it. I use this stuff all the time and it's great for lenses, reflectors etc as well. It comes in 3 bottles... heavy scratch, fine scratch and polish.
Ebay link to the small set....
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Novus-Plastic...item2560bfb3a0


Jason, it's a HZ fascia so I don't need it..... I want a HX one but do have two I have repaired. I just like to buy them if the price is right to restore. I just need to find a guy down here in Melbourne now who is good at re-chroming plastic.....

I am starting to buy consoles now also to restore... picked up a HJ Sandman one the other day that is a good resto candidate... I also repaired a set of seat plastics (hinge covers) recently that came out really good but it is hard to find enough donor ones to repair the good ones.

[HZSandman]

Will the plastic polish bring out a decent shine Sean?

[Absinth]

It will polish the fascia up to a mirror finish if that's what you want Ian. I use it to polish up original gauge lenses to as new condition. The (No.3)heavy and (No.2)fine scratch remover are both creams and the (No.1) is a spray on wipe off clean and shine.

On that fascia I would use the fine scratch remover until you get the desired shine and then spray the cleaner. It is fantastic stuff, not overly cheap but you don't need much as a little goes a long way. I guarantee you won't be dissappointed with it if used properly.

This stuff is to plastic what Autosol is to mag wheels.....

[HZSandman]

Sold. Will buy some today.

[Absinth]

Now I need to decide whether to stick it in the van or not. The one in there is genuine with the pins in the RTS badge but I have had to add a black facia plate around the radio as the wholes have been flooged out a bit. But I like the gloss black finish on my one better than the more mat finish on this later type. Decisions, decisions.

After going through all the GTS fascia's I got and half of them being HZ ones I noticed some are a matt finish and some are a gloss black finish ..... so.... I did some digging and found out a few things.

The HZ Sandman ordering procedure lists the GTS dash as being a black chrome finish..... So..... HZ GTS and Sandman got the gloss looking fascia and the optioned sports fascia in Holden and Kingswood was the matt finish.

The dash fascias are all painted suede black with GTS and Sandman fascias being polished on the flat sections to give a black chrome finish to them. Kind of like Portland Grey on Monaro and Sandman in the HX range.


Jason, I have seen another GTS fascia with the pinned on RTS badge and it has the HZ style smaller printed idiot light lenses so it appears HX fascias weren't used up in early HZ.... pinned badges were used until the fascia mould was modified or a new one made.

[stickthis]

hmm all above would make sence.

The NOS facia I have is dull on the surfaces around the gauges.

The original one in my HZ Sandman ute has gloss around the gauges etc....

[HZSandman]

that also explains why my original was gloss black and the one I bought was a duller matt finish.

good digging.